1.A Good Boy
Little Robert asked his mother for two cents. What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?
I gave it to a poor old woman, he answered.Youre a good boy, said the mother proudly. Here are two cents more. But why are you so inShe is the one who sells the candy.
好孩子
小罗伯特向妈妈要两分钱。
“昨天给你的钱干什么了?”
“我给了一个可怜的老太婆,”他回答说。 “你真是个好孩子,”妈妈骄傲地说。“再给你两分钱。可你为什么对那位老太太那么感兴趣呢?”
“她是个卖糖果的。”
2.Mr. Smith: Waiter, theres a dead fly in my soup.
Waiter: Yes, sir, I know---its the heat that kills it.
史密斯先生:服务员,我的汤里有一只死苍蝇.
服务员:是的,先生,我知道了,它是被烫死的.
3.How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? He would chuck, he would, as much as he could, and chuck as much wood as a woodchuck would if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
假如一只美洲旱獭能够扔掉木头,它可扔掉多少木头呢?它会扔掉,它会,尽全力把木头扔掉。假如一只美洲旱獭能够扔掉木头,它会尽全力扔掉一只美洲旱獭能扔的木头。